σφάγιον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σφάγιον
σφάγιου
Structure:
σφαγι
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- a victim, offering
- slaughter, sacrifice
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ‐ ποῦ σφαγίων ἔφοροι; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, strophe 15)
- σπουδαὶ δὲ λόγων κατατεινομένων ἦσαν ἴσαι πωσ, πρὶν ὁ ποικιλόφρων κόπισ ἡδυλόγοσ δημοχαριστὴσ Λαερτιάδησ πείθει στρατιὰν μὴ τὸν ἄριστον Δαναῶν πάντων δούλων σφαγίων εἵνεκ’ ἀπωθεῖν, μηδέ τιν’ εἰπεῖν παρὰ Φερσεφόνῃ στάντα φθιμένων ὡσ ἀχάριστοι Δαναοὶ Δαναοῖσ τοῖσ οἰχομένοισ ὑπὲρ Ἑλλήνων Τροίασ πεδίων ἀπέβησαν. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests 2:1)
- Κόμισαί μ’ ἐσ Ἄργοσ, ὦ σύναιμε, πρὶν θανεῖν, ἐκ βαρβάρου γῆσ καὶ μετάστησον θεᾶσ σφαγίων, ἐφ’ οἷσι ξενοφόνουσ τιμὰσ ἔχω. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 6:6)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ πρὸσ ἑτέρουσ τινὰσ ὑποψίαν ἔχων ὁ Βροῦτοσ ἐβούλετο διὰ σφαγίων ὁρκῶσαι τὴν βουλὴν καὶ προεῖπεν ἡμέραν, καταβὰσ μάλα φαιδρὸσ εἰσ ἀγορὰν ὁ Οὐαλλέριοσ, καὶ πρῶτοσ ὀμόσασ μηδὲν ἐνδώσειν μηδ’ ὑφήσεσθαι Ταρκυνίοισ, ἀλλὰ πολεμήσειν κατὰ κράτοσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ, ἡδονήν τε τῇ βουλῇ καὶ θάρσοσ ἅμα τοῖσ ἄρχουσι παρέσχεν. (Plutarch, Publicola, chapter 2 2:1)
- λοιδορήσασ δὲ τὸν Λυσίμαχον ὅμωσ ἐποιεῖτο τὴν εἰρήνην, καὶ συνῄεσαν ὡσ κατὰ σφαγίων ὁρκωμοτήσοντεσ. (Plutarch, chapter 6 4:3)
Synonyms
-
a victim
- θυσίᾱ (victim, offering)
- σφαγεῖον (the victim)
- θῦμα (that which is slain or offered, a victim, sacrifice)
- χρηστήριον (an offering for the oracle, a sacrificial victim, a victim)
-
slaughter
- πρόσφαγμα (sacrifice, slaughter)
- πρόβατον (slaughtered animals, animals for sacrifices)
- ἱερεῖον (a victim, an animal for sacrifice or slaughter)
- θῦμα (sacrifice, a sacrifice)
